James Burton (November 6, 1963 – January 5, 2015) was a professional ice hockey defenceman. Awards Burton was a three-time winner of the IHL's Governor's Trophy (Larry D. Gordon Trophy) which is awarded annually to the defenseman voted to be most outstanding based on performance over the course of the regular season by the league's coaches. Coaching Burton was a head coach in both the WPHL (with the Austin Ice Bats and Arkansas GlacierCats) and the ECHL (with the Augusta Lynx). Burton died of a heart attack on January 5, 2015. Career statistics References External links 1963 births 2015 deaths Austin Ice Bats players Brantford Alexanders players Canadian ice hockey defencemen EHC Lustenau players Fort Wayne Komets players Hershey Bears players Ice hockey people from Ontario Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics EC KAC players Olympic ice hockey players of Austria Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players Rochester Americans players Sportspeople from Brantford Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Windsor Spitfires players